35 Facts About Brad Schimel

Brad David Schimel was born on February 18,1965 and is an American attorney, judge, and Republican politician from Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Brad Schimel has been a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Waukesha County since 2019.

Brad Schimel previously served as the 44th attorney general of Wisconsin, from 2015 to 2019, and served as district attorney of Waukesha County from 2007 to 2015.

Brad Schimel was defeated seeking re-election in 2018, but was appointed a Wisconsin circuit court judge by Governor Scott Walker.

Brad Schimel was an unsuccessful candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2025 election.

Brad David Schimel was born in West Allis, Wisconsin, on February 18,1965.

Brad Schimel has made financial contributions to the political campaigns of Republican candidates.

Brad Schimel has been an instructor in the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Department at Waukesha County Technical College and adjunct instructor at Concordia University Wisconsin.

Brad Schimel began his career as an assistant district attorney at the office starting in 1990.

Brad Schimel would be re-elected without opposition in 2008,2010, and 2012.

In 2005, Brad Schimel successfully prosecuted Ron Schroeder, professionally known as "Silly the Clown" for child abuse.

In 2011, Brad Schimel was appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Judicial Council and the Wisconsin Crime Victim Council.

Brad Schimel argued that the United States Supreme Court should not hear Dassey's case.

Brad Schimel attempted to resuscitate the abortion-limiting provisions of 2013's Act 37 passed by the Legislature.

Brad Schimel appealed the ruling to the 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals, which upheld the district court decision in their November 2015 ruling.

Brad Schimel then appealed to the United States Supreme Court, but the US Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal.

Brad Schimel appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court, which heard the case along with other partisan gerrymandering questions in that term.

On March 29,2017 the Wisconsin State Journal reported that Attorney General Brad Schimel reached a settlement with 3M Company over pollution violations without fining the company.

Brad Schimel had expedited the process by authorizing overtime and the hiring of 11 part-time workers.

Brad Schimel announced in September 2018 that all but five of the eligible tests had been cleared after receiving about $7,000,000 total in grant funding.

Brad Schimel stated that he used a victims' rights approach in gathering survivor consent and minimizing victimization.

In November 2018, after Brad Schimel was defeated for reelection by Democratic candidate Josh Kaul, Republican Governor Scott Walker appointed Brad Schimel to the Waukesha County Circuit Court.

Walker announced the appointment the day after Brad Schimel conceded to Kaul.

Walker passed over 13 applicants for the position to appoint Brad Schimel; it is unclear whether Brad Schimel submitted a formal application for the judicial vacancy.

Brad Schimel had submitted letters of recommendation for four other applicants for the job, including one of his campaign coordinators.

In October 2020, Brad Schimel was an emcee at an Ozaukee County Republican Party fundraising event, alongside Ron Johnson and other Republican elected officials.

Chief Justice Patience Roggensack of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, who is the head of the Wisconsin state court system, barred Brad Schimel from presiding over cases in person due to his refusal to wear a face covering.

The ban was lifted after Brad Schimel agreed to wear a face covering in court.

Brad Schimel declared his candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on November 30,2023.

Brad Schimel faced Dane County circuit judge Susan Crawford in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, in a race to succeed retiring justice Ann Walsh Bradley.

Brad Schimel has not indicated he would step aside if he sat on the court and the case came before him.

Brad Schimel has argued for a return to Wisconsin's 1849 abortion law, which was interpreted as banning abortion in all cases except when the life of the mother was endangered.

Brad Schimel supported retaining the then-unenforceable law prior to the United States Supreme Court's 2022 overturning of Roe v Wade, which saw the 1849 abortion law reimplemented; the law was ruled not to prohibit consensual abortions.

Brad Schimel has credited his anti-abortion stance to his adoption of two children.

Brad Schimel said he does not object to Trump's pardons of supporters who attacked the United States Capitol on January 6,2021.